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A number of studies have reported that both the health of South Carolinians and the state’s economy would improve if Medicaid were expanded to include 360,000 residents with very low incomes.

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The Post & Courier

State officials are largely remaining silent over the sudden firing of the state’s top election official less than two months before towns and cities across the state head to the polls Nov. 4. "Our impression has been that the state election commission has operated as it was intended to: as largely independent of political interest,” said Lynn Teague, LWVSC Vice President, Issues & Action..“That’s not without exception, but on the whole we believe that it has been managed well,” she added. “So we are especially puzzled by the sudden development of the firing of the director.”

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The South Carolina Supreme Court has dismissed a legal case brought by the League of Women Voters of South Carolina that challenged the practice of partisan gerrymandering.

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The Greenville News

The South Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out the legal case over claims that the 2022 congressional map was drawn to give Republicans an advantage in the 1st Congressional District. Lynn Teague, the vice president of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina,, said in a statement that the group is disappointed that the state judiciary has "held itself unable to protect the foundations of representative democracy in our state... If a constitutional amendment is needed to protect voters, the people of South Carolina must demand that amendment.”"

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SC Daily Gazette

The state Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s congressional voting lines Wednesday by ruling there’s nothing unconstitutional about partisan gerrymandering. In response, the League of Women Voters said the ruling presents a contradiction: It indicates only the Legislature can address partisan gerrymandering, and that’s the same body responsible for the problem.

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The Post & Courier

South Carolina’s highest court ruled in favor of Statehouse Republicans, saying it is a legislative right to draw congressional maps even as critics say Charleston’s seat in Congress was unfairly drawn to gerrymander. “Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our most fundamental right as citizens, the right to vote,” said Lynn Teague, vice president at the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. “The people of our state should demand a constitution that protects them and leadership that respects their voices.”